Living the Dream

katanye.

so it's been 9 days since my last post. what went missing were events that happened on the 1st of October, which i can't recall. maybe nothing of significance.

but on the second, i made history by running my first proper run (the 3.5km charity run with Vanida Imran and Diana Danielle a few weeks ago doesn't count) at adidas King of the Road, on the highway of NPE. i ran 10km in 1 hour, 2 minutes and 44 seconds. could have i done better? i don't know for sure. but considering it's only my first run, i think i deserve a pat at the back regardless of the time that i posted.

but for my next run, which is this coming Saturday, i aim to go sub-1 hour. but i have to say the preparation for it isn't ideal. due to a few factors.

one is silly shoes that i wore on tuesday (Monday was an off day after the big run), making my feet hurt the whole day until wednesday.

second is the busy schedule; on thursday i had back-to-back futsal sessions from 6.30 to 9.30, though in a way those could count as a mild training (intense cardio, frequent short sprint).

but, the after effect: third, i pulled my left calf muscle at 4am in the morning after the futsal night, rendering Friday a gone case. not to mention later on the same day my right calf (but frontal) felt painful.

Saturday was a little bit full with plans, as it's my dad's birthday. i managed to slip in some tennis in the morning, but still no running. same with Sunday. still no running, but some tennis.

aahhh, but i'm sure none of those interest you more than what i am about to tell you (as if there are any interested readers anyway). of course, during all those days, i was working!

yeah, working. hence the title, if you refer to the recent posts, about my actually dreaming to become what i am now. okay so i'm now just a trainee, but more or less i'm there or thereabout. okay, maybe less than that; i'm now only attending classes, instead of doing anything that's close to 'work'. but hey i got paid for it. so i am working now. and my work is to attend classes.

yup, that's about it. i will be attending classes of various subjects but mainly on Finance stuff, supposedly for 3 months but because they called me in late by one month, so i now have only another 2 months of classes to complete (edit: i've just checked the schedule, apparently by mid-November i'll be starting rotation already =S ). so that's still a long way to go, i think. around 2 pay-packets. heh.

oh, so you must be wondering how it was, attending classes and all? well, this one week was... a mix. we've had only 2 lecturers (next week scheduled to have another 2 different lectures for 2 different subjets), and it depends on the subject matter. some can be very boring, some can be very interesting. typical academic, like college. you enjoyed some, you were bored by some. it's a little bit like that.

how about my 'colleagues' then? i used the quote signs because, technically, we still have not really worked in a very technical sense. but since there are other people who are doing exactly what i'm doing i.e. fellow classmates, so it's safe to call them 'colleagues'. anyway enuff with the beating around the bush. how's my fellow trainees?

heh. lemme try to describe them as descriptive as i can, based on my observation for the past one week.

perhaps the most obvious thing about them is the ratio of the boys to girls; there are 2 boys for each girl. like, initially, before me and dalila came, there were 16 boys and 8 girls. far cry from the days of my senior and my own batch, where we're pretty much even, with the girls usually slightly outnumbered us the guys. my immediate junior's batch is the 'worse', so to speak, with 13:5 if i'm not mistaken. that trickles down, and started to trend afterwards, and now it's reflected in this batch of trainees.

the next thing, though not so obvious, is the separation of the locals and overseas scholars. i don't really know the reason behind that, but it's kinda prevalent. of course it's not like there are visible cliques. but it's noticeable. but i think it's kinda unfair to say too much about this. afterall, the overseas scholars have known each other since A-Levels, and thruout the years in the UK. so of course they tend to be closer to each other, though that's not to say that they don't mingle with the others at all.

speaking about local and overseas scholars, then one can raise this question: where do I belong? haha. being a hybrid, i think i'm impartial. but it's just that the nature of the overseas scholars who are more embracing and open, and also familiarity with some of them whom i've met or were my juniors at KY, those made me appear to be closer to the overseas scholars as well. it really is true, you know. i mean, the local scholars really appear to be more reserved compared to the other ones.

heh, why did i say that? because, with the exception of one person, who happens to be doing the same course as me, none of them has actually properly spoken to me. of course this cannot be the fairest reflection, whatmore there are still some overseas scholars whom i still have not talked to. but, generally, it's like that.

but overall, overseas or local or not, i think these guys are fun to be with. of course it was tricky initially. what more the first few days i've had promised with my 'own' friends (from my KY batch) to go out and have lunch with, thus robbing off some 'quality' time to be spent with fellow trainees. but after some times during breaks, lunch, and whatnot, or even after a bowling session yesterday, i can safely say already that they are a bunch of colourful people.

as for myself, i'm still trying to find my footing with everything that's happening. the fact that i didn't go to the gym for the whole of last week shows that i still can't find a rhythm to my current moving life. but i think more or less i've seen the general trends, and i especially like the weekly futsal session. now what's left is to slip in the schedule sessions for tennis, table tennis, running, gym, badminton, other sports...

... and not to forget some socializing as well. i still don't know how to ask my friends who are already in a designated division to go for lunch or afterwork activities. heck i can't even find time for that for the time being. yes, in that respect, i still need to organize things carefully.

and then there's the money issue. haha. but that should be alright come payday. for the time being, beggars can't be choosers. i had to let go Isetan sale just now; i forego RM90 dockers pants!!! and some pretty and discounted shirts and tees. i even managed to say no to a very very very interesting Delsey messenger, but logic dictated in the end and i went for a cheaper Puma instead.

this is a little bit late already; it's only 12.15am, but nowadays i have to already be on the move by 7am, whereas before this i wake up and the sun is already straight up above the head. i plan to have some breakfast tomorrow. i need to figure out the correct way of living healthily as soon as possible.

till next time, my friends. hopefully before the next weekend.